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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| School of Management |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take MN20017 |
| Description:
| Aims: Whatever an organisation produces, the bottom line is awash with sustainability. Consumers and clients demand environmentally and socially responsible products and production, regulators are keen to pass environmental legislation, and dwindling resources mean production is expensive. It has become necessary to devise tools and systems that will help industry maintain and improve its environmental and social performance while remaining profitable. Thus, an organisation¿s sustainability performance has to be measured; these measurements must be translated into better design; and better design must be achieved through implementation. The aim of this unit is to discuss these measurement, design, and implementation processes in light of Operations Management principles. Learning Outcomes: * critically assess the role of Operations Management in improving corporate sustainability. * evaluate the sustainability performance of an organisation, or a subset of the operations of an organisation, while evaluating the suitability of various metrics. * evaluate various pathways to improved sustainability performance through product, process, organisation, and supply chain design. * evaluate various implementation strategies designed to improve sustainability performance. Skills: * measuring sustainability performance (taught & assessed) * designing products, processes, supply chains for sustainability (taught & assessed) * Implementation of new designs (taught & assessed). Content: The activities of measurement, design, and implementation are all within the remit of Operations Management (OM). The field of OM also has a special responsibility in tackling the tension between profitability and environmental friendliness, since the physical operations of a firm are closely related to the natural environment in which it operates. In this unit, we will re-define OM concepts to include sustainability as one of the major factors contributing to operational (day-to-day) and strategic (long-term) decision making. Thus, the unit is particularly geared towards those desiring the set of skills and knowledge necessary to profitably manage sustainability. |
| Programme availability: |
MN30475 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
MN30475 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
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